Tort Reform Law

Among the things Congress can do is look at tort reform at the national level and promote competition by allowing insurance companies to sell across state lines. Jabour said Ohio has been successful with its tort reform, noting his insurance … Continue reading →

One (more) reason to dislike the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform is because it contains hundreds of policy land mines that few people understand. A case in point is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s power to investigate and outlaw …

The ‘Affordable Care Act’s absence of tort reform, its lack of insurance competition across state lines, and its reliance on mandates and rationing instead of further inducements to charity, creativity and competition, make it a sicker …

CONCORD – Win a lawsuit and want the losing party to shell out the money you spent on attorneys fees and court costs? Sorry, you’ll have to wait. In the case of another bill that never made it to the … Continue reading →

Implement key provisions of the ACA as quickly as possible and add sensible tort reform to it. Forge a bipartisan consensus to stabilize federal debt by controlling entitlement growth and raising revenues from a reformed tax system. Include in …

5. Medical liability (tort) reform to cut back on frivolous malpractice cases. Of those, the third option is perhaps the biggest long shot. I can hear state insurance regulators screaming from here. And tort reform is something the medical professionals … Continue reading →

The article, “The Cost of Claims,” reports that better information technology, tort reform and overall corporate risk management have helped to control claims costs. Medical professional liability is one line that has avoided spikes in loss …

Responsible tort reform to lower physician vulnerability to frivolous lawsuits clearly is a good thing in itself. However, the experience with tort reform has not been the unmixed blessing proponents have hoped it would be for health-care …

In recent years, groups such as the American Tort Reform Association have railed against a supposed bias in favor of plaintiffs in the city’s courts. The association has used an attention-grabbing annual report, “Judicial Hellholes,” to ac …

In 2003 the Arkansas legislature enacted a tort reform law that included a provision that expert witnesses in medical malpractice suits must practice in the same specialty as defendant doctors. Although this seems logical, the Arkansas Supreme Court found differently.